86AHP may supply, &c., VAD substance to person

86 AHP may supply, &c., VAD substance to person

(1)  A person’s AHP may, if authorised to do so under subsection (2)  –

(a) supply to the person a VAD substance for self-administration while the AHP is in close proximity to the person in accordance with sections 87 and 88 ; or

(b) supply to the person, and assist the person to self-administer, a VAD substance; or

(c) administer a VAD substance to the person.

(2)  A person’s AHP is authorised to carry out an action for the purposes of subsection (1) if –

(a) the AHP has issued to the person under subsection (5) an AHP administration certificate in relation to the person; and

(b) the AHP has been supplied, as the person’s PMP, the VAD substance under section 71(1) or was supplied the substance under section 74 by the person’s PMP; and

(c) to do so is in accordance with the statement of the person included in the person’s final permission in accordance with section 82(3)(c) or (d) ; and

(d) subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the AHP.

(3)  A person’s AHP is not authorised to carry out an action for the purposes of subsection (1) if –

(a) the person has informed the AHP under section 16(1) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; or

(b) the AHP has been notified under section 16(4)(b) by the person’s PMP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying.

(4)  A person may apply to the person’s AHP for the issue of an AHP administration certificate in relation to the person.

(5)  A person’s AHP may issue an AHP administration certificate in relation to the person if the AHP is satisfied that it is inappropriate for the person to self-administer a VAD substance, or to self-administer the VAD substance without the AHP being in close proximity to the person or assisting the person to self-administer the VAD substance, having regard to any of the following: